insipidez

Portuguese

Etymology

From insípido +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)s/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)s/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈdeʃ/ [ĩ.si.piˈðeʃ]

• Hyphenation: in‧si‧pi‧dez

Noun

insipidez f (uncountable)

1. insipidity, insipidness, vapidity
2. baldness
3. flatness
4. platitude
5. washiness

Further reading

• “insipidez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From insípido +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /insipiˈdeθ/ [ĩn.si.piˈð̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insipiˈdes/ [ĩn.si.piˈð̞es]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: in‧si‧pi‧dez

Noun

insipidez f (uncountable)

1. tastelessness
2. (figuratively) insipidity, insipidness, tastelessness, vapidity, blandness
3. tameness

Further reading

• “insipidez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10